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it is your job, and that is why you get the big bucks. >> mr. green was asking about william cullen bryant and whether history was kind to him. giamatti wasul they mon kind to you? >> i have not seen it. >> his beard was like yours. let me turn to the fiscal restrictions that have come into play. it looks like there was a huge surge in federal spending. and my reading about rights? >> it looks like 2009. >> i see what you are saying. yes, sir. >> there was a big expenditure, but in the first quarter of this year, a substantial drop. am i reading that right? >> yes. >> in my law practice i did a lot of chapter 11 bankruptcy work, and i do not think this country is near bankruptcy. we have fiscal management and we have to undertake, but you do not pay every bill overnight, because that puts you back into the troubles you are already in. i believe this country is going to keep going. how would you explain the cuts that keep happening in this quarter. is that how you would like to see fiscal policy? >> sorry not to be to direct. i will not get into
it is your job, and that is why you get the big bucks. >> mr. green was asking about william cullen bryant and whether history was kind to him. giamatti wasul they mon kind to you? >> i have not seen it. >> his beard was like yours. let me turn to the fiscal restrictions that have come into play. it looks like there was a huge surge in federal spending. and my reading about rights? >> it looks like 2009. >> i see what you are saying. yes, sir. >> there was a...
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we need to grow this economy in a big-time way. stronger and faster economic growth is the best way to successfully put americans back to work. to generate that growth and create those jobs, we must clear away the impediments government has imposed. we must reduce the uncertainty that discourages business from expanding and hiring. we must stop wringing our hands and start acting quickly and boldly to solve our problems. we must recapture what america can do, that americans. that will install new confidence in consumers and investors. growth will not solve all of our nation's challenges right away, but we can do a helluva lot more with growth and we can do without it. businesses will get more customers, government will get more revenues, and more importantly, americans will get more jobs if we focus on growth. so what must we do to get the stronger and faster growth we need to put americans back to work? i would like to suggest a few steps. some that can help create joe -- growth and jobs right away, and others will help over a lon
we need to grow this economy in a big-time way. stronger and faster economic growth is the best way to successfully put americans back to work. to generate that growth and create those jobs, we must clear away the impediments government has imposed. we must reduce the uncertainty that discourages business from expanding and hiring. we must stop wringing our hands and start acting quickly and boldly to solve our problems. we must recapture what america can do, that americans. that will install...
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not a big deal. i'm going to keep this promise to you and that's how they get elected year after year making promises. pt time has come to say, these promises can't be kept. you know what? i think this freshman class of republicans have said we aren't going to lie to you anymore. we're going to tell you the truth. the truth is we can't continue on this course. we are going to level with you and say we have to reform it and save. we can't continue to borrow and not have substantial economic consequences for the next generation, we have to fix it. you may not want to hear it, but it's the truth. we aren't going to lie to you anymore. once we all know where we're at as a country, we can come together as a country, how do we fix the problem that we face as a country. when we have one party that doesn't want to acknowledge the problems that we face and want to mislead the american people about those problems, it's hard to have an honest conversation. i didn't come here to misrepresent the american people.
not a big deal. i'm going to keep this promise to you and that's how they get elected year after year making promises. pt time has come to say, these promises can't be kept. you know what? i think this freshman class of republicans have said we aren't going to lie to you anymore. we're going to tell you the truth. the truth is we can't continue on this course. we are going to level with you and say we have to reform it and save. we can't continue to borrow and not have substantial economic...
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you see the big one and go for it. this would reduce the funds that we are giving to the afghanistan security forces by $4 billion. they still have 2/3 and reduce it by $4 billion and return those funds to help the deficit. the $12.8 billion allocated to this fund is equivalent to the g.d.p. of afghanistan. they are at $$16 billion. let's understand this, we are giving the afghanistan people their entire g.d.p. and borrowing it from china and other places. this makes no sense. and we need to go after the big whale. six times the total annual revenue of the afghan government is what we are giving them. i understand these funds are used to provide assistance to the security forces of afghanistan and providing training and equipment supplies. i have seen soldiers killed over there. my constituents that were killed by afghanistan soldiers that we trained. we don't know which ones are taliban and we are training them and giving them weapons. roughly $6 billion of the $12.8 billion is for salaries and benefits. in light of t
you see the big one and go for it. this would reduce the funds that we are giving to the afghanistan security forces by $4 billion. they still have 2/3 and reduce it by $4 billion and return those funds to help the deficit. the $12.8 billion allocated to this fund is equivalent to the g.d.p. of afghanistan. they are at $$16 billion. let's understand this, we are giving the afghanistan people their entire g.d.p. and borrowing it from china and other places. this makes no sense. and we need to go...
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how about ending wasteful subsidies to big agriculture companies? how about asking billionaire hedge fund managers to pay the same tax rates as their secretaries? the truth is that the best way to deal with our long-term fiscal situation is to grow our economy. that means creating jobs and putting people back to work. the last election i thought was about jobs. we haven't talked about jobs at all since the new republican majority became -- came to power. that means investing in things like education and infrastructure and green technology and medical research. that's the kind of economic future the american people deserve. the boehner default plan would take us exactly in the wrong direction and urge my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to reject it. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from california has 5 1/2 minutes remaining. the gentleman is recognized. mr. dreier: mr. speaker, as i listen to my friend from the other side of the aisle, mr. mcgovern, t
how about ending wasteful subsidies to big agriculture companies? how about asking billionaire hedge fund managers to pay the same tax rates as their secretaries? the truth is that the best way to deal with our long-term fiscal situation is to grow our economy. that means creating jobs and putting people back to work. the last election i thought was about jobs. we haven't talked about jobs at all since the new republican majority became -- came to power. that means investing in things like...